Whilst a draw wouldn't have been an unfair result, we only had 1 shot on target that I remember and only maybe 1 more chance than that. In contrast, Everton had numerous chances and had Barkley not been so wasteful they could've had 3 or 4.

We were clearly setup to not concede and get that confidence back and to be fair we nearly did it. However, you're not gonna get the points required unless you score goals so we need to find the balance and quick!

You don't think perhaps the Management weren't looking at the future fixtures when setting up for this game? You're saying in isolation, going for 1 point at home isn't going to keep us up and you're right but you also touched on why it was done in your post - to build confidence.

If we'd of taken a point today and a crucial clean sheet we may have gone on to beat Bournemouth and Sunderland, potentially keeping a further clean sheet.

7 points from those 3 games and 0 goals conceded was probably the highest hope Sam had but a realistic hope nonetheless.

Thanks to the ref allowing a goal with 11 vs 10 we now have no point, no clean sheet and probably no confidence. So fans can come here and say we shouldn't only be having 1 shot on target but if that 30 second of events hadn't taken place after the throw in we'd all be praising the performance.

You can see Sam is absolutely desperate for a Premier League game without conceding, even if we don't come close to scoring ourselves. Only then can we look to start winning. Today was supposed to be that game for him and he's suffered the Palace curse that it wasn't. Because that goal wouldn't have come with Schlupp defending down that left hand side.

According to the BBC it was two shots on target, as well as hitting the bar. We also had another blatant penalty turned down.

If you come to a fork in the road, take it.

Really? What for? I was there and don't remember any players appealing for anything?

But we didn't deserve another awful decision from a referee.
After the ball went out for a throw he should have held up play. How can you let the game go on while the physio is on the pitch giving treatment ?
Or at least give us a chance to get a sub on.

You must of been watching a different game from me Everton are on a crest of a wave at the moment, they had a little more quality but i think we were unlucky not to come away with something from this game,The team played with purpose and just needed a little luck If Benteke's header went in the first half it could of been so different. And with there goal, the guy who scored would of been picked up by Schlupp if he had not been out of the game with an injury. Also the goal was possibly offside, So all in all IMO one of our best performances this season